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The Study Of Institutional Change Of Government Purchasing Social Work Services

Posted on:2019-10-25Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:R B ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2427330563485355Subject:Administrative Management
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Since 1980,the western countries have developed a trend of public goods supply,which combined the public field and the private.With that trend,the social service organization becoming an important participant and producer.In recent years,the Chinese government has been actively transforming its functions,such as exploring the multiple participation and co governance of social governance through the purchase of social work services.As early as 2007,Guangzhou began to explore the social work services purchasing programs,especially family Integrated services,which provided rich materials for this study.However,the purchasing system still in reform.Under the constraints of path dependence,it is still necessary to improve the efficiency of the government's purchase of public services through marginal improvement.By tracing the operation status of Guangzhou family Integrated service center,observing the evaluation process of the third party organization on the Integrated service center,consulting the final evaluation report of 30 centers and other related literature data,untangling the changing path of social work service programs purchasing system,this paper built up a system analysis model of "behavioral characteristics-goal difference-benefit game-system performance".Take Guangzhou family Integrated service center as an example to make positive analysis,this paper put forward a purchasing system optimization measures.The basic conclusions are as follows:Firstly,the social work services purchasing programs which begins in 1980 s,experienced three stages: invisible purchase,explicit non-competitive purchase and explicit competitive purchase.At present,explicit competitive purchase has become the main way for the government to purchase social worker services.Secondly,in the change of government purchasing social service system,the government plays the role of guide,supervisor and service provider,and social organization is highly dependent on the government in the aspects of funds,sites,information and legitimacy.The government provides social work services for residents,which is usually guided by the demand of residents,and seeks to maximize the public interest,while social workers are constrained by available resources,service capacity and financial balance,which may focus on the completion of service contracts,the pursuit of service indicators and the diversification of service forms.This goal conflict leads to the "prisoner's dilemma" game between the social service provider and the producer,and its effective solution is the longterm cooperation between the government and the social industry organization.Through the service contract,the government strengthens examination and accountability,which can effectively constrain opportunistic behavior of social work organizations.Thirdly,the demonstration of Guangzhou family integrated service center shows that the family integrated service center provides more professional social service for the community residents according to the contract of service.However,the current government purchase family comprehensive service system still exists the optimization space in the supporting regulations,the bidding and evaluation system,the source of funds,the overall service framework and the stability of the social workers.Fourthly,the government should further improve the relevant laws and regulations,optimize the purchasing process,improve the evaluation system,expand the sources of funding for social workers,integrate the content of social work services,stabilize the social workers,and constantly improve the professional service level of social workers.
Keywords/Search Tags:Government purchase, Social work service, Institutional change, Guangzhou family integrated service center
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